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- Chris 81 took the silhouette photo above with my camera during tonight's soccer game. Thanks, Chris.
- I don’t wear shin guards during our soccer matches. This has taught me a valuable lesson in why soccer players usually wear shin guards.
- As much as I’ve been down on soccer, it’s really fun. I’m glad we joined the league, and I hope I can find a winter league when I get back to The States.
- Yesterday at Interval one of the year 13 maths teachers gave me this problem:
- Express the following in sigma notation: 2.3 + 2.9 + 2.27 + ... + 2.729.
- Jen, Tommy, and I ate at Paddles Restaurant on Monday night. I’d never been there before. It was delicious.
- You should check out The Moth Podcast. I particularly enjoyed this week’s show with Juliet Wayne and Brad Lawrence. As soon as it was over I replayed the whole thing. That never happens.
- I admit I lied to Andy the Austrian at Seki ā Pizza and told him I was an American tourist working at CNET heading toward Sydney after my brief stint in Samoa. But after a while explaining my Peace Corps status becomes tedious. You know?
- Despite a cursory-plus knowledge of Samoan, I teach almost exclusively in English... to an extent I’m not sure I realize. In casual conversation with year 13 Amanda (who makes the blog somewhat regularly) I used the term toeitiiti, almost/soon, and the phrase ou te lē iloa, I don’t know. She and the other year 13s in the room were taken aback. “It’s good that you’re picking up some Samoan, Mister.” I swear I use both of those about 100 times a week.
- I didn’t realize there are two “little boats”. When I posted about the little boat recently, I took the Samoa Express, which has absolutely no passenger seating. This past weekend, Jen, Tommy, and I took the Lady Samoa I, which has a few-but-essential benches for passenger seating. We were able to sit in the shade in both directions. Seki ā matou.
- Waves were choppy on the ferry back to Upolu. A kid in the row behind me threw up. I was enthralled in my book, and I wouldn’t have noticed had the spew not splashed on my leg. Later in the boat ride a girl in my own row threw up. Once again, splash. Gross.
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Pictures Year 13 Amanda took with my camera last Friday. This is the year 13 geography class.
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Maria from my computer class posing by the pool at Le Vasa Resort on the south side of Upolu.
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Girls giving some tourists a thrill.
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Posing with a surfer dude.
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Answer to the sigma notation problem above.
3 comments:
The corrected problem is much easier! That one I could at least attempt.
With the "throw up" experience, you'll be all ready for parenthood. Oh wait...Leal children aren't allowed to throw up.
Miss you.
because i am only now catching up, i must read about all your soccer posts!
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